All 5 Uses

devise
in
East of Eden
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And as soon as she was aware that a condition existed, she devised a new theology.†
Chpt 3 *

devised = came up with (invented or created)
Her god of communication became a god of vengeance—to her the most satisfactory deity she had devised so far—and, as it turned out, the last.†
Chpt 3
He had devised a method for dealing with sickness which resembled punishment.†
Chpt 3
To prove it, he used a trick he had devised to discover whether his children were listening when they begged him to read to them and would not let him stop.†
Chpt 15
He was propped high with pillows, and a mound of home-devised bandages covered his left breast and shoulder.†
Chpt 18

Definitions:

(1) (devise as in: devise a plan)
to come up with a way of doing something -- typically a creative idea or plan
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
In law, devise can also reference a gift given in a will (or the act of bequeathing such a gift).